Mayoral Battle Turns to Education

Candidates Aim to Show They're Best to Lead Largest U.S. School District

By

Lisa Fleisher

Sept. 6, 2013 9:59 p.m. ET

The race to succeed Michael Bloomberg as New York City mayor is turning to education in the days before Tuesday's primary, with candidates trying to persuade voters they are best suited to lead the nation's largest school district after 12 years of dramatic change.

The next mayor will inherit a district of more than 1 million students that has for the past dozen years been at the forefront of the effort to increase the number of...